Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Teams from Great Britain and the United States played a single match, which ended in a 5-5 draw. The match was played in Wembley Stadium.

Result

Great Britain	5 – 5	United States
	1st period
Whittaker, Little		Coleman, Myers (2), Wood
	2nd period
Wilson		—
	3rd period
—		—
	4th period
Whittaker, Dennis		Myers

Teams

Great Britain An "All-England" team organized by the English Lacrosse Union represented Great Britain. J. Buckland N. R. Coe A. L. Dennis J. Fletcher J. P. Foy H. J. Ginn J. Griffiths J. H. Little B. C. Makin H. Prime R. T. Renshaw J. Swindells R. V. Wilson J. I. Whitehead R. N. Whittaker H. Wyatt R. F. Zimmern

United States The team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute represented the United States. T. A. O'Brien R. F. Ball A. D. Beard R. Campbell W. L. Coleman O. Cook R. Coons M. T. Davies R. Frick R. Hutcheon D. E. Jordan R. E. Koch C. J. McCann J.A. Myers R. E. Powell R. J. Sneeden S. W. Spaulding D. R. Sutton R. M. Wood N. M. Shyan

Sources

• 1948 London Official Report (digitized copy online)